Linux Laptops Intel KPTI Linux Benchmarks

Lenovo ThinkPad Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.

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Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61
January 09 2018
 
Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510
January 09 2018
 
Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1
January 10 2018
 
KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61
January 09 2018
 
KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510
January 09 2018
 
KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1
January 10 2018
 
KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520
January 24 2018
 
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Linux Laptops Intel KPTI Linux Benchmarks, "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Socket Activity", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",772.1,1071.07,645.15,1080.44,1070.61,1084.76 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",1894.92,1425.59,1580.99,1315.93,1344.54,1397.03 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",2649.93,1352.91,1353.09,1832.71,1305.45,1346.18 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",1140.65,445.67,432.16,422.48,433.63,770.07 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",1313.42,1019.5,1021.16,1012.68,973.13,1002.97 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1089.99,921.02,982.15,985.97,1818.06,897.49 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",1170.11,599.26,618.41,617.97,1466.93,597.47 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: Context Switching", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",504112.25,505490.19,505969 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",841090.73,847977.03,853850.26 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",964182.86,914938.42,910587.27 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",338301.61,344625.52,339792.58 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",596819.17,581752.34,598004.15 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",834278.04,815633.61,801689.37 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",1182681.93,1174993.2,1145366.71 "Stress-NG 0.07.26 - Test: System V Message Passing", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",1433354.75,1418828.3,1437495.83 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",4270695.11,2208215.55,4415094.57,4382780.57,4373079.79,4280743.44 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",2635544.93,2480537.38,1417769.41,2347854.86,2685839.18,1761297.77 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",818344.68,496424.3,825347.05,805842.19,817746.23,820436.28 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",2024616.12,2061698.09,919095.03,2066643.12,1164100.95,913886.27 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",2105804.93,1871824.63,1772292.23,1861302.55,1581336.35,1193974.39 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",1090672.27,1023953.92,998466.19,841932.33,880735.12,897683.44 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",16.6,16.5,16.4 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",17.1,17.2,17.3 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",37,41.3,42,41.9,41.8,41.7 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",16.5,16.3,16.3 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",17.1,17.2,17.3 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",41.3,40.3,40.1 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",76.1,75,75.1 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",16.1,15.4,14.8,14.3,13.7,17.5 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",18.3,17.9,16.8,16.3,15.9,15.5 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",41.8,42.3,42.4 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",15.9,15.3,14.7,14.2,13.5,17.3 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",18.3,18.1,16.8,16.1,15.9,15.5 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",39.5,39.7,40 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",80.3,80.4,80.2 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Resizing", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",127,126,126 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",95,94,94 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520", "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",47.45,47.12,47.58 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",42.8,41.73,41.71 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",311.89,306.07,312.4 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",47.52,47.52,47.61 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",42.92,42.41,41.5 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",274.73,274.09,264.24 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",425.19,531.89,530.77,532.61,478.24,440.88 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",58.66,50.48,51.22 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",64.73,61.05,60.74 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",235.96,245.43,242.56 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",50.18,48.96,50.02 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",60.91,56.16,57.12 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",207.09,212.23,217.75 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",158.55,181.44,182.51 "Redis 3.0.1 - Test: LPUSH", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",168123.73,211819.52,163132.14,169462.8,165672.64,166251.05 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",956022.94,966183.62,936329.62 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",1666666.62,1666666.62,1508295.62,1661129.62,1658374.88,1663893.5 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",123441.55,105374.08,105887.34,105374.08,104286.16,105842.51 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",802568.19,784929.31,786782.06 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1515151.5,1533742.25,1533742.25 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",983284.19,992063.5,989119.62 "Redis 3.0.1 - Test: GET", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",193873.59,194212.47,193348.8 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",1326259.88,1310616,1272264.62 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",2433090,2457002.5,2439024.5 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",115340.25,115620.3,186915.89,116904.38,120048.02,122384.05 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",1127395.62,1094091.88,1112347.12 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",2150537.5,2232142.75,2114165 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",1329787.25,1375515.88,1373626.38 "Redis 3.0.1 - Test: SET", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",167392.03,163238.66,164609.06 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",1021450.5,966183.62,1038421.62,1010101 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",1715265.88,1655629.25,1692047.38 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",106655.29,107411.38,109253.8 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",867302.69,822368.44,897666.12,865800.88,836820.06 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1560062.5,1577287,1501501.5 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",1072961.38,988142.31,1078748.62,1070663.75,1003009.06,1023541.44 "Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",7336.66,7318.93,7338.84 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",10746.21,10598.39,10489.53 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",23094.38,22087.92,22162.94 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",6255.34,6266.22,6240.61 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",8961.44,8999.42,8950.54 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",19145.29,18646.97,18602.47 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",8220.42,8225.58,8220.98 "PostgreSQL pgbench 10.0 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write", Higher Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",321.243776,322.928092,321.73688 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",337.711774,332.866817,345.858176 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",1550.185601,1652.895057,1613.69258 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",320.573759,321.292933,316.954304 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",335.531268,333.515887,342.720103 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",1538.75568,1619.284972,1587.11307 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",3959.031863,4137.692983,3901.823349 "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Total", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520", "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Kernel", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520", "Systemd Total Boot Time - Test: Userspace", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510", "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1", "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520", "Go Benchmarks - Test: json", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",74708738,74650461,74530959 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",47164991,47176722,47258202 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",41783320,41979268,45661302,46250701,46164548,46233432 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",74882205,74717518,74661718 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",47160361,47330591,47303770 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",41917501,42028045,45655004,46184542,46154062,46138280 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",24488351,24366091,24473036 "Go Benchmarks - Test: build", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",35786330164,31493242743,31641882757,31213709696,31739438135,31296745975 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",33065458850,27391336561,27902934740,27560431259,27280974989,26986155221 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",15765342619,15433783032,15483192266 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",36939522349,33627766633,32869340841,33570568809,33466045159,33672823267 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",33635029874,28024352903,27973677348,28097178437,27978454905,28147144065 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",16020342027,15657987617,15799863816 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",21056874339,20961024073,20994738623 "Go Benchmarks - Test: garbage", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",15676054,15680888,15977400 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",8545495,8566841,8558607 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",7977480,8262974,8551773 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",16015169,16119842,16272944 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",8566113,8585440,8583275 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",8010957,8225055,8602449,8638329,8596815 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",4822962,4820129,4825398 "SQLite 3.8.10.2 - Test Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",494.15498209,434.41251301765,427.9222638607,433.05460906029,440.22955513,453.70990300179 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",498.44151496887,486.66182184219,479.93184399605 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",91.65167093277,91.233138084412,91.866656064987 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",454.69666600227,443.73492789268,438.00298500061 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",654.73284697533,520.90025901794,512.66146993637,502.84990787506,519.62568378448,521.0476140976 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",94.193297147751,94.071037054062,93.375235080719 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",84.884998083115,91.86537194252,100.29977011681,100.73829007149,100.67172288895,100.53045201302 "Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",100.86788105965,101.23627400398,101.1372821331 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",63.735695838928,64.128951072693,63.924736976624 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",57.941931962967,59.601428031921,59.7073969841 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",105.61051797867,105.9020190239,105.58269619942 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",66.740849018097,66.478583812714,67.308566093445 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",59.071218013763,60.709235906601,60.609694004059 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",43.359624147415,43.52566409111,43.231663942337 "Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",754.69934296608,749.17848992348,750.18694591522 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",416.4126958847,412.41720294952,410.74099206924 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",413.38539195061,411.272742033,411.42327594757 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",784.5136179924,776.32360291481,776.17668294907 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",430.90115094185,425.81859493256,424.84006214142 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",419.7025949955,417.56383800507,417.64108514786 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",249.1931810379,246.38180303574,246.61524510384 "FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 - WAV To FLAC", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",21.105984926224,20.957312107086,21.03134894371,20.963563919067,20.980855941772 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",11.460041999817,13.029976129532,12.637611865997,12.171967029572,12.996563911438,11.959002971649,13.289921998978,12.417417049408,11.998659133911,12.667854070663 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",7.0761778354645,7.0871210098267,7.0723960399628,7.0795459747314,7.0658538341522 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",21.173614025116,21.070633888245,21.072299003601,21.064600229263,21.105458021164 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",12.631649017334,12.893522977829,12.666388988495,13.565108776093,12.181457042694,12.253705024719,12.478626012802,12.43418097496 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",7.1232399940491,7.0936200618744,7.0917339324951,7.1065518856049,7.1261780261993 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",10.133025884628,10.025894165039,9.9541330337524,10.017544984818,10.082834005356 "Darktable 2.2.5 - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",238.922,238.783,238.697 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",59.765,59.8,59.857 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",42.67,44.738,44.859 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",241.445,241.2,241.628 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",59.95,60.141,60.054 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",42.901,44.837,44.958 "Darktable 2.2.5 - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",233.379,233.404,233.512 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",32.005,32.053,32.203 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",28.239,28.34,28.282 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",236.72,236.675,236.545 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",32.704,32.6,32.637 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",28.533,28.542,28.555 "Darktable 2.2.5 - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",221.372,221.515,221.619 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",27.223,27.226,27.249 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",22.444,22.401,22.586 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",224.03,224.152,224.136 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",27.353,27.385,27.54 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",22.688,22.556,22.549 "GIMP 2.8.20 - Test: resize", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",11.91020488739,8.9935190677643,9.0522649288177,8.7099869251251,9.0467591285706,8.9206819534302 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",12.292857170105,7.6487529277802,7.8548481464386,7.6098039150238,8.059002161026,7.9224138259888 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",3.6728940010071,3.5190510749817,3.5047850608826 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",13.818042039871,10.64862704277,10.694592952728,10.608962059021,10.201026916504,10.656613111496 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",14.23023891449,9.6170909404755,9.867908000946,10.492473125458,10.165414810181,9.9636089801788 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",4.1125659942627,3.9020190238953,3.8306970596313,3.8975389003754 "GIMP 2.8.20 - Test: auto-levels", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",15.188668966293,15.096493959427,15.170696973801 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",13.3321621418,13.196221828461,13.472446918488 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",6.8168318271637,6.8361148834229,6.8177402019501 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",17.19713306427,17.185863018036,17.187815904617 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",16.143697023392,16.180809020996,15.924996852875 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",7.2602159976959,7.3088750839233,7.3415930271149 "GIMP 2.8.20 - Test: unsharp-mask", Lower Results Are Better "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad T61",30.196115016937,30.542820930481,30.537511110306 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad W510",27.370417118073,26.622163057327,26.778239011765 "Linux 4.14: ThinkPad X1",13.457445144653,13.574328899384,13.462099075317 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad T61",34.767216205597,35.411197185516,35.435029983521 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W510",31.811319112778,32.298224925995,31.659833908081 "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad X1",14.52906703949,14.673861026764,14.756199836731 "Darktable darktable-2.4.0-2.fc27 - Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",40.504,40.534,40.517 "Darktable darktable-2.4.0-2.fc27 - Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",18.164,18.152,18.226 "Darktable darktable-2.4.0-2.fc27 - Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only", Lower Results Are Better "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",14.103,14.19,14.19 "GIMP 2.8.22 - Test: resize", Lower Results Are Better "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",8.044625043869,7.6795380115509,7.6407790184021 "GIMP 2.8.22 - Test: auto-levels", Lower Results Are Better "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",12.192828893661,12.211586952209,12.338572978973 "GIMP 2.8.22 - Test: unsharp-mask", Lower Results Are Better "KPTI + Retpoline: ThinkPad W520",21.715559005737,21.734324216843,21.735648155212